My third experiecnce on Kambo and phew! that was the hardest one so far. Unpleasant to say the least.
I had prepared by fasting for 20 hours but keeping well hydrated. I took 500mg of Iboga root bark at 11.30am, and then did 9 dots at 4.30pm. I had also taken Kambo 4 days prior - 7 dots.
After feeling pretty bad on 7 dots and nauseated but no actual vomitting, I decided to take it up to 9 dots this time. I did the burns on my upper arm as I am not yet properly trained in meridian points, and given that it is summertime, I don't want loads of symmetrical burn marks all over my arms and legs.
I have now got a routine whereby I lie on the floor of my bathroom with a bucket and the toilet fully ready. I applied the dots and then started the timer - 1 hour and 1 minute. It hit me fairly quickly but I managed to get all 9 dots on, and then started feeling gradually worse. First came the usual pink flush and light headedness, but this time I felt my throat constrict so that swallowing was almost becoming difficult. Also, the sheer discomfort was much higher. For the first time I starting sweating and feeling generally too warm. It was harsh. I managed to measure my heart. My resting heart rate before was 56, and this went up to 136 within 3 minutes! I was breathing hard. It felt like an effort and made me thankful that I have a strong heart and that I exercise regularly.
It was such an uncomfortable pain that I actually considered rubbing off the points for a minute, but hey, that would be no fun at all! So I stuck with it. I was just sitting there for ages, with my eyes closed (I couldn't focus on stuff), not being to be comfortable in any position and just getting through it. I tried to meditate and just accept the pain, but I couldn't help scrunching up my face in pain, and rubbing my face with my hand.
I thought I was going to throw up but nothing happened. The urge came in small waves but at no point did I really feel the urge. Strangely enough, throughout the entire hour it kept coming back.
After 15 minutes, the worst of the feelings subsided, and at 20 minutes I felt a sudden calming, centering of my whole body....which was just as quickly taken over by the unpleasantness of wanting to vomit but not being able to. When I was lying down and swallowing, the urge to vomit was there but as soon as I sat up it disappeared.
I eventually had bowel movements after an hour. I'd expected it a lot sooner. It was great when the timer rang and I could finally rub off the Kambo. Short term gains - I've noticed the pain in my foot is gone - I think I may have broken a meta-tarsal - and my cough from the last 5 days has gone down very significantly. I didn't cough a single time during the hour that the Kambo was on.
But unfortunately, despite upping the dosage to 9 points and all that discomfort, I still didn't vomit! Which means I'm going to have to go to 11 points next time....arrrrghhhh! It really does take will power to put yourself through a Kambo event multiple times, especially at high dosages. I might wait a couple of weeks...or maybe I'll just do it when it feels right. At the moment, I can't imagine doing that 3 times in a day!